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serbule [2025/07/15 20:28] – [Alchemy, Art and Poetry Appreciation, & Myconic] unhandledserbule [2026/01/31 04:41] (current) – [Lore, Word of Power, and Fishing] unhandled
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 I do want to note, however, that if you have paid for the full game, playing as an animal character (even as your primary character) is definitely viable. Animals have a lot of animal-specific combat and survival skills even, and can be very enjoyable to play. A good portion of the playerbase even chooses to play as animals most of the time. A significant portion of that group maybe even NEVER plays as a human. It's entirely optional, but keep in mind you still may want to have a Human character around as an alt (also sometimes called a "mule") to trade with NPCs in Serbule for the early game. I do want to note, however, that if you have paid for the full game, playing as an animal character (even as your primary character) is definitely viable. Animals have a lot of animal-specific combat and survival skills even, and can be very enjoyable to play. A good portion of the playerbase even chooses to play as animals most of the time. A significant portion of that group maybe even NEVER plays as a human. It's entirely optional, but keep in mind you still may want to have a Human character around as an alt (also sometimes called a "mule") to trade with NPCs in Serbule for the early game.
  
-As of the time of this writing in 2024, you can play as the following animals:+As of the time of this writing in 2025, you can play as the following animals:
   - Cow   - Cow
   - Deer   - Deer
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 I would also recommend storing/saving some items even if you have to store them in your inventory. In fact, here's a good list of items new players will occasionally run into around Serbule and should never sell to NPC vendors because they have value outside of NPC purchasing price by itself: I would also recommend storing/saving some items even if you have to store them in your inventory. In fact, here's a good list of items new players will occasionally run into around Serbule and should never sell to NPC vendors because they have value outside of NPC purchasing price by itself:
-  * Crabs, Clownfish, Grapefish, Perch - Use these to make food or meats instead and then sell (or gift for Favor) that food.+  * Crabs, Clownfish, Grapefish, Perch - Use these to make food or meats instead and then sell (or gift for Favor) that food. Clownfish and Perch can also be used to make speed potions which is good for travel till you get a horse.
   * Strange Dirt - These are used to make Fertilizer for Gardening or can be sold to players for at least 60-100 gold each.   * Strange Dirt - These are used to make Fertilizer for Gardening or can be sold to players for at least 60-100 gold each.
   * Heartshrooms - These are useful in Bartering and early Favor with several important NPCs.   * Heartshrooms - These are useful in Bartering and early Favor with several important NPCs.
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   * Cat's Eyeball, Antler - These two items (combined) can be bartered to Flia for Strange Dirt, an essential ingredient in gardening. Killing Deer is also a recurring quest with Marna so if you are Archery/Fire Magic or have a good ranged damaging ability, it's a great way to get some early Antlers and Favor with Marna so don't miss it.   * Cat's Eyeball, Antler - These two items (combined) can be bartered to Flia for Strange Dirt, an essential ingredient in gardening. Killing Deer is also a recurring quest with Marna so if you are Archery/Fire Magic or have a good ranged damaging ability, it's a great way to get some early Antlers and Favor with Marna so don't miss it.
   * Bronze Gear, Tin Gear, Brass Nail, Metal Claw, Silver Spring, & Enchanted Construction Nail - If you purchase the full game, these can be bartered with Dorimir in the Casino basement for Casino Tokens. These tokens can be traded with Qatik for inventory space, so these items are very important for increasing storage space early game. Many of these items are also very needed for late game Carpentry and Gadgeteering. A few are used for high level Giant Bat/Battle Chemistry weaponry. Put simply, if you are planning on learning every crafting skill, you might want to consider holding on to some of these, but if you aren't immediately crafting, this might be a situation where Bartering will get you more inventory space quickly, so Bartering can actually be more important than Favor or Crafting.   * Bronze Gear, Tin Gear, Brass Nail, Metal Claw, Silver Spring, & Enchanted Construction Nail - If you purchase the full game, these can be bartered with Dorimir in the Casino basement for Casino Tokens. These tokens can be traded with Qatik for inventory space, so these items are very important for increasing storage space early game. Many of these items are also very needed for late game Carpentry and Gadgeteering. A few are used for high level Giant Bat/Battle Chemistry weaponry. Put simply, if you are planning on learning every crafting skill, you might want to consider holding on to some of these, but if you aren't immediately crafting, this might be a situation where Bartering will get you more inventory space quickly, so Bartering can actually be more important than Favor or Crafting.
-  * Rubywall Crystal - These will sell to players for 130 to 500 gold each or you can use them yourself in crafting or surveying which are two big early money-making options in the game. Selling a stack of 99 for ~15,000 in work orders is pretty common, sometimes they sell for less or more, though. +  * Rubywall Crystal - These will sell to players for 100 to 250 gold each or you can use them yourself in crafting or surveying which are two big early money-making options in the game. Selling a stack of 99 for ~15,000 in work orders is pretty common, sometimes they sell for less or more, though. 
-  * Eggs - Similar to Crabs these should be used to make easy food which you can eat or sell, but they will also sell for like 20-40 gold to desperate players in Trade chat.+  * Eggs - Similar to Crabs these should be used to make easy food which you can eat or Gift to an NPC for Favor or sell, but they will also sell for like 20-40 gold to desperate players in Trade chat.
   * Bottles - Bottles are worth around 30-40 gold each to most players. You can even go get Milk from a cow and easily get 100ish gold for the Bottle of Milk and the player may give you empty bottles for a cheaper price so you can milk cows again to repeat the process. This can also be done on alt accounts or mules so you can farm Milk for early money assuming you have a lot of bottles. Later on, you can get Empty Bottles by simply buying Fertilizer from Yetta and either using it or emptying it. The skill "Angling" can also help you collect mostly "free" empty bottles.   * Bottles - Bottles are worth around 30-40 gold each to most players. You can even go get Milk from a cow and easily get 100ish gold for the Bottle of Milk and the player may give you empty bottles for a cheaper price so you can milk cows again to repeat the process. This can also be done on alt accounts or mules so you can farm Milk for early money assuming you have a lot of bottles. Later on, you can get Empty Bottles by simply buying Fertilizer from Yetta and either using it or emptying it. The skill "Angling" can also help you collect mostly "free" empty bottles.
   * Mushrooms - Most mushrooms can be combined with salt to make Mushroom Flakes which increases your Mycology skill and you can sell for more than the Mushroom value to an NPC named Mushroom Jack. Or, stack them up in your inventory and later sell them to players.   * Mushrooms - Most mushrooms can be combined with salt to make Mushroom Flakes which increases your Mycology skill and you can sell for more than the Mushroom value to an NPC named Mushroom Jack. Or, stack them up in your inventory and later sell them to players.
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 One piece of advice about Words of Power (WOP). Don't bother saving these for too long. Just use them as you need them. There's unfortunately an issue where the WOPs can accidentally ([[suggestions#stopping_global_spam_words_of_power_woes|or intentionally, maybe even]]) be reused by other players or just run out and not work (server reboot?), so it's worthwhile to just use them as you need them. You can make maybe a few dozen at a time, but I would recommend using them within a week or you'll find other players will. One piece of advice about Words of Power (WOP). Don't bother saving these for too long. Just use them as you need them. There's unfortunately an issue where the WOPs can accidentally ([[suggestions#stopping_global_spam_words_of_power_woes|or intentionally, maybe even]]) be reused by other players or just run out and not work (server reboot?), so it's worthwhile to just use them as you need them. You can make maybe a few dozen at a time, but I would recommend using them within a week or you'll find other players will.
  
-You can restock on Crabs by swimming in the moat and collecting them around Serbule. You'll also want to pick up Clownfish and Grapefish as you get higher Fishing skill. While Perch are going to be the most useful given their use in speed potions, Grapefish and Clownfish can be used for Favor with Rappanel in Serbule Hills for getting Bard skills. There's also an "Angling" skill that I go into detail about later on if you really want to focus on fish.+You can restock on Crabs by swimming in the moat and collecting them around Serbule. You'll also want to pick up Clownfish and Grapefish as you get higher Fishing skill. While Perch are going to be the most useful given their use in speed potions you don't run into Perch really till Eltibule. Grapefish and Clownfish can be used for Favor with Rappanel in Serbule Hills for getting Bard skills. There's also an "Angling" skill that I go into detail about later on if you really want to focus on fish.
  
 ==== Cartography, Geology, Mining, Exploration, and the Sidebar Skills ==== ==== Cartography, Geology, Mining, Exploration, and the Sidebar Skills ====
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   * [[towerewolfornot|Becoming a Werewolf is easy, should I do it?]]   * [[towerewolfornot|Becoming a Werewolf is easy, should I do it?]]
-==== Foraging, Mycology, and Tool skills ====+==== Foraging, Mycology, Myconic ====
 Getting back to what to do in Serbule itself, I would recommend that if you are fresh from newbie island that you use your Bow, Sword, or Unarmed on a few of the mobs in the area and get your first bar of skills filled out while checking the "Do Favor" tabs on some of the NPCs in town and doing what simple quests you can. Once you've filled out a full bar with skills, consider if you are playing the way you would prefer to. Do you see yourself doing these skills (and possibly some others similar to them) for hours and hours or do you want to go for something else? Getting back to what to do in Serbule itself, I would recommend that if you are fresh from newbie island that you use your Bow, Sword, or Unarmed on a few of the mobs in the area and get your first bar of skills filled out while checking the "Do Favor" tabs on some of the NPCs in town and doing what simple quests you can. Once you've filled out a full bar with skills, consider if you are playing the way you would prefer to. Do you see yourself doing these skills (and possibly some others similar to them) for hours and hours or do you want to go for something else?
  
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 You will learn more about Mycology and Foraging as you gain more skill in using them. They are both good easy skills to level up early. Do not forget about the [[anagogeisland#more_info_is_the_best_ability_in_the_game|"More Info" option]] when you right-click the things you pick up. I will keep referencing this command in this guide because it is so valuable. You will learn more about Mycology and Foraging as you gain more skill in using them. They are both good easy skills to level up early. Do not forget about the [[anagogeisland#more_info_is_the_best_ability_in_the_game|"More Info" option]] when you right-click the things you pick up. I will keep referencing this command in this guide because it is so valuable.
  
-Mycology is a really easy skill to increase quickly once you have a few hundred or thousand councils if you look at Mushroom Jack's "Buy Used" tab and keep an eye out for mushrooms. If you get lots of mushrooms from there, you can easily buy Salt to spam the "Flakes" recipes and get the skills maxed out quickly.+Mycology is a really easy skill to increase quickly once you have a few hundred or thousand councils if you look at Mushroom Jack's "Buy Used" tab and keep an eye out for mushrooms. If you get lots of mushrooms from there, you can easily buy Salt to spam the "Flakes" recipes and get the skills maxed out quickly. There are a lot of early easy mushrooms (Parasols) to pick up in the Serbule Sewers, and even a few in town! 
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 +As you go around learning more about and picking up the mushrooms in Serbule, you'll start to have Myconic visions. If you followed Mushroom Jack's conversations with you when you first meet him, you'll notice you're reliving several of the same experiences he had. Eventually you might get enough skill in Myconic that it's time for you to touch a Large Mushroom in Northwest Serbule and see if it will take you somewhere you've never been before. Perhaps somewhere you can get even more Alchemy components... 
 + 
 +==== Tools Skills ====
  
 It is also around this time that you'll want to get your tools or get whichever of these you do not yet have from the newbie island. These are as follows: It is also around this time that you'll want to get your tools or get whichever of these you do not yet have from the newbie island. These are as follows:
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   * Charles Thompson   * Charles Thompson
  
-There is also a fifth and sort-of a sixth, more will be explained below.+There is also a fifth and sort-of a sixth, more will be explained below. Also keep in mind there are [[serbulehills#favor_npcs_and_inventory_management|inventory NPCs in Serbule Hills]] as well.
  
 === Joeh === === Joeh ===
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-==== Alchemy, Art and Poetry Appreciation, & Myconic ====+==== Alchemy, Art and Poetry Appreciation ====
 So I've mentioned it a few times, but never really talked about Alchemy. Alchemy is going to be a very important skill for making inks and buffs. In fact, early traversal of dungeons is best done running SOME form of Alchemy buff, even if it's just buying a Ruggedizer off of Charles Thompson or a Pick-Me-Up Juice you made right before heading into Serbule Crypt. Many Alchemy recipes have both a positive and a negative to them. Sometimes, like with the Ruggedizer, there is a chance you will be hit with a negative penalty.  So I've mentioned it a few times, but never really talked about Alchemy. Alchemy is going to be a very important skill for making inks and buffs. In fact, early traversal of dungeons is best done running SOME form of Alchemy buff, even if it's just buying a Ruggedizer off of Charles Thompson or a Pick-Me-Up Juice you made right before heading into Serbule Crypt. Many Alchemy recipes have both a positive and a negative to them. Sometimes, like with the Ruggedizer, there is a chance you will be hit with a negative penalty. 
  
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 There's also usually an "Egg Run" after each Poetry Jam, but as a demo player you will not be able to participate in that. It's for high level players usually anyway. I'd recommend not even bothering to go unless you are level 60+ in your combat skills and typically you'll want to be 70+ to survive. It's also kind of hard to get to as a solo, so be sure you are going with a large group if you do go and consider bringing a potion to increase "Max Breath" if you have one to chug right before you go in the portal. There's also usually an "Egg Run" after each Poetry Jam, but as a demo player you will not be able to participate in that. It's for high level players usually anyway. I'd recommend not even bothering to go unless you are level 60+ in your combat skills and typically you'll want to be 70+ to survive. It's also kind of hard to get to as a solo, so be sure you are going with a large group if you do go and consider bringing a potion to increase "Max Breath" if you have one to chug right before you go in the portal.
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-As you go around learning more about and picking up the mushrooms in Serbule, you'll start to have myconic visions. If you followed Mushroom Jack's conversations with you when you first meet him, you'll notice you're reliving several of the same experiences he had. Eventually you might get enough skill in Myconic that it's time for you to touch a Large Mushroom in Northwest Serbule and see if it will take you somewhere you've never been before. Perhaps somewhere you can get even more Alchemy components... 
 ==== Moving On ==== ==== Moving On ====
 Now that you know a good bit about what's around in Serbule, consider heading to the [[serbuledungeons|Serbule Dungeons]] section of this guide, or if you just want to learn about more skills available, head to [[serbulehills|Serbule Hills]] or [[eltibule|Eltibule]] to learn about other early-game skills. Now that you know a good bit about what's around in Serbule, consider heading to the [[serbuledungeons|Serbule Dungeons]] section of this guide, or if you just want to learn about more skills available, head to [[serbulehills|Serbule Hills]] or [[eltibule|Eltibule]] to learn about other early-game skills.
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